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DAVID 01\TIEI]I1L, O1E WOODSIDE, NEW YORK.

WINDOW-SCREEN.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1920.

Application filed October 17, 1919. Serial No. 331,308.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID ONEILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woodside, Long Island, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Screens; and I do hereby connecting the screen curtain with the window sash thereby permitting the screen to be drawn out of the screen housing with the window sash when the window is raised.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this attaching latch that it may be easily and quickly brought into engagement with the window sash and securely held against accidental disconnection.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this latch that it may be easily released from the window sash when desired thus permitting the window sash to be raised without the screen being drawn with it.

Another object of the invention is to protype of chock for engaging the window frame to hold the screen from being drawn back into the housing and thus prevent the spring of the screen from drawing the sash to a lowered or closed position after being raised.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved mounting for the base plate or bracket'of this chock so that it may be releasably retained in an extended or operative position.

Another object of the invention is to so mount the frame engaging bar of the chock that it may be swung to an operative or inoperative position, a spring being provided for engagin the adjusted position.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this screen that the end bar of the curtain carrying the latch and chock may be held in close engagement with the lower bar of the window sash when the screen is connected with the sash thus pre g the barv to retain it in r the sash 11, there has been provided a latch venting flies from passing between the sash and screen bar.

This invention is illustrated in the ac.- companying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing the screen in place and connected with a partially raised window sash, the chock being in the operative position,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View showing the screen in use,

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation looking at the inner face of the screen housing with the latch and chock in the lowered or inoperative position,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the latch and mounting bar,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the chock and mounting.

This screen is of the roller type and is used in connection with a window frame 10 having a sash 11 slidably mounted therein for movement from a lowered or closed position to a raised or open position. The housing 12 is positioned upon the sill of the window frame at the base of the track for the upper sash and will be firmly secured in place in any desired manner. The screen curtain 13 is positioned in the housing 12 and wound upon a spring controlled roller 14 of a conventional construction so that when the screen is drawn out of the housing through the outlet slot 15, the roller will tend to draw the screen back into the housing and wind the screen upon the roller.

This screen has its outer end extending through the slot or passage 15 and connected with a strip 16 positioned between the beads 17 separating the inner track from the outer track of the window frame. This strip 16 is provided with a jacket 18 formed of sheet metal and having an extended lip 19 which extends as shown in Fig. 2 to engage the upper face of the roller housing 12 and thus cover the slot 15 and prevent rain and melted snow from passing through this slot intothe screen housing.

In order to releasably connect the strip 16 of the screen with the lower cross bar of This supporting bar has its v larged head has plate is provided. with sleeves 22 through vwhich the bar passes and these sleeves are that the latch plate maybe easily moved longitudinally of the bar. It will thus be seen that when in an inoperative position,

the latch plate may hang beneath the strip 16 where it will be out of the way and will not interfere with the raising or lowering of the window sash and that when it is desired to connect the screen with the sash,

this latch plate may be swung upwardly to a raised or horizontal position and then moved longitudinally of the bar, thus plaeing the sleeves upon the rectangular sections of the bar to retain the latch plate in the raised position.

A stud -25 which is provided with an enits stem slidably mounted in a socket 26 screwed into an opening formed in the sash 11, the stud being slidably mounted in the socket for movement into and out of an operative position when the window sash is raised or lowered to a closed position and the stud being limited in its sliding movement and prevented from entirely dropping out of the socket through the medium of a pin 27 which extends through the shank of the stud and has its end portion positioned in slots 28 formed in the socket. It will thus be seen that when T the window is raised, the stud will 1 drop to the operative position and the extended shank may pass into the slot 29 of the latch plate with the head of the stud engaging the under face of this latch plate.

' Therefore, raising of the window sash with Y the latch plate engaging the stud will cause the screen to be drawn out of the screen hous ng. When the window is lowered the screen will be wound upon the roller and stretched tightly and held in gagement with the beads 17 The spring which rotates the roller and winds thescreen upon the roller, might have a tendency to draw the sash downwardly to a lowered position after being raised,

therefore the screen will at all times be proper en- .and in order to overcome this, there has been provided an improved chock. This chock is provided with a bracket plate 30 which is pivotally and slidably mounted upon a bearing rod 31 secured to the under face of the strip 16 by the fasteners 32 and having one end portionextended to provide an abutment 33 for engaging the bracket plate and.

retaining the same in a raised or horizontal position when in use. Normally, this bracket plate extends in a depending position beneath the strip 16, but when it is to be used, it will be swung upwardly to a horizontal position and then moved longitudi nally upon the rod 31 toward one end thereof for engagement with the abutment 33.

This bracket .plate is crimped longitudinally thus providing a longitudinally extending pocket 34 having a .pawl 35 pivotally mounted therein and engaged by the leaf spring so that it will be retained in an adjusted position. After the screen has been connected with the-sash,.and the sash raised lowered position with its roughened end face engaging the beads v1-71thus providing an 'eflicient locking element which will retain the window sash in a raised position The window may be openedor raised without it being necessary to touchthe pawl, but when it is desired to close the window, the pawl must be swung out of engagement with the beads. When it is desired to closethe window the full extent the latch will be swung upwardly into the pocket .34 and the bracket plate then'swung downto a lowered position where it will .rest beneath the strip 16 out of the way. The latch plate 20 will then be moved out of engagement with the stud 25 and swung downwardly to the lowered position beneath the strip 16. The screen will then bedisconnected fromthe window sash and will be allowedato feed into the housing androlled upon the roller 14. The window sash can now be moved downwardly to the closed position, the stud through engagement with the sill being moved up into the socket 26 so that it will notinterfere with the complete closing of the window. It 7 willthus be seen that there has been prothe pawl may be swung downwardly to a vided a window screen of the roller type having an improved latch for connecting the screen \Vltllthe wlndow sashand also an lmproved'chock for engaging the dividing bead of the window frame and thusretai r' ing the window sash in a raised or open position. There has further been provided a latch and a chock which maybe securely but relea'sably retained in an operative ;posi tion and which are so constructed and mounted that they will be 10111; of the way when not in use and not interfere with the opening or closing of the sash. What is :claimed is: v

1. A screen housing, a screen curtain extending through the screen housing, a cross strip connected with the outer end portion of the screen curtain, a bushing adapted for connection with a window sash, a stud slidably fitting into the bushing and having a head at its outer end, a supporting bar carried by the screen strip andpositioned beneath the lower face thereof, said supporting bar being rectangular in cross section and having reduced rounded sections, and a latch plate having sleeves rectangular in cross section, the supporting bar extending through the sleeves to pivotally mount the latch plate upon the rounded sections of the bar, said latch plate when swung upwardly to a horizontal position upon the rounded section being movable longitudinally of the bar onto the squared sections thereof and movable into engagement with the stud when positioned upon the squared sections of the rod.

2. A screen including a housing, a screen curtain extending through the housing, a strip extending along and connected with the free end portion of the screen, a stud adapted for connection with a window sash, a latch plate for engaging said stud, and a supporting bar for the latch plate carried by the screen strip and having sections rectangular in cross section to retain the latch plate in an operative position and reduced sections pivotally mounting the latch plate when in an inoperative position.

3. A screen having a housing, a curtain normally positioned in the housing and having one end portion extending through the housing, a strip carried by the outer end portion of the curtain, a stud adapted for connection with a window sash, a latch plate for engaging the stud, and means for pivotally and slidably connecting the latch plate with the strip and retaining the latch plate in an extended position when in engagement with the stud.

4. A window screen comprising a housing, a curtain positioned in the housing and extending through an opening formed therein, a strip carried by the outer end portion of the curtain, a supporting bar connected with the under face of the strip and having reduced sections and other sections rectangular in cross section, and a latch plate having sleeves mounted upon the supporting bar and rectangular in cross section for slidably and pivotally mounting the latch plate upon the reduced sections of the bar and slidably mounted in the latch plate upon the rectangular sections of the bar and retaining the latch plate against pivotal movement ghen upon the rectangular sections of the ar.

5. The combination with a screen of the roller type including an end strip, of a supporting bar connected with the under face of the strip, the bar having thickened sections rectangular in cross section, a latch plate, and sleeves rectangular in cross section slidably and pivotally mounting the latch plate upon the supporting bar and retaining the latch plate against pivotal movement when the sleeves are positioned upon the rectangular sections of the bar.

6. A screen of the roller type including a housing, a roller in the housing and a curtain wound upon the roller and extending through the housing, a strip connected with the outer end portion of the curtain, a latch plate slidably and pivotally connected with the strip, a stud having a head and a shank for engagement by the latch plate, a socket having side slots, and a pin extended through the shank of said stud when positioned in said socket, the end portions of the pin extending into the slots to slidably mount the studs and limit sliding movement thereof.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID ONEILL. Witnesses:

OTTO LQIBL, HELENE LOIBL. 

